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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation (C53)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Re1

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Italian Game: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation (ECO C53) is a chess opening starting with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Re1. See its main lines, common continuations, and win/draw/loss statistics from real games.

Common Continuations
No known continuations.